Jeong-Hyun Lim
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | funtwo, Jay Lim |
| Born |
July 5, 1984 Korea |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | Rock, Instrumental Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | http://www.funtwo.us |
| Notable instruments | |
| ESP Alfee Custom SEC-280TC | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 임정현 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Im Jeong-hyun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Im Chŏnghyŏn |
Lim Jeong-hyun (born July 5, 1984), also known by the online alias funtwo, is a South Korean guitarist known for his cover of the piece Canon Rock.
Lim played and recorded his cover of "Canon Rock" in 2005. He uploaded his video to the popular South Korean music website Mule.co.kr. A YouTube user named "guitar90" uploaded the Mule video to YouTube under the title guitar, with the introductory comment "this guy iz great!!!" The identity of guitar90 is unknown.
In March, 2016, the original YouTube video was restored and is once again publicly available. The video still holds the views before it was taken down in 2011.
Lim's cover of "Canon Rock" has been mentioned on CNN, 20/20, The New York Times, and National Public Radio, in addition to MBC news, CBC Radio, KBS news, and other South Korean news stations.
Many viewers have speculated and thought of the video as fake because the audio is not synchronized with the video. Lim later stated to The New York Times that this had to do with the fact that "he recorded the audio and video independently and then matched them inexactly." The performance itself was recorded in two parts, and edited together. An image of a traffic light was used to make the transition.
Lim has now started to arrange well-known music by himself. He composed a holiday card to his fans called "Carol Rock (funtwo Is Coming to Town)", a rock version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". He also played Dream Theater's "Overture 1928", and recently he posted a video of himself performing Antonio Vivaldi's "Summer" from the Four Seasons, one of Vivaldi's most famous works.
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